The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-08-12

Their faces had escaped injury and
looked placid MS Though asleep. Near
by was the crushed satchel containing
tho baby's wardrobe and toilet articles.
The father spies tho powder box and
baby puff before the coverings had
been removed from their dead faces
and with groan he sank on his knees
;and throwing himself PROSTATE on the
bodies cried aloud. Close by wrapped
in white sheet is another baby not
yet identified. Half a score of bodies
of full grown men and women lay on
the pine floor. The school house is
turned into morgue and affords
temporary abiding place
for another score, while down at the
depot the correspondents have to pick
their way through double wall OF
bodies to the telegraph Office.
In the baggage room the floor is
piled high with satchcls, hand bags,
bonnets, shoes and innumerable other
articles of attire, which have been
brought up from the wreck. Among
these are grouped the relatives of the
dead seeking such personal effects as
may have been saved and which may
help the coroner to make final identii-
cation in some cases.
There arc loud complaints regard
ing robberics of the bodies, but the
ghoulism appears to have been the
work of gang of pickpockets who
were OH the train for the purpose of
plumber. The residents of Chatsworth
are certainly not guilty of it. They,
especially the women, have acted
nobly.
DR.. Shinn, of Peoria, surgeon of
this division Of the Toledo, Peoria IL
Western, and Dr. Ballard, of the same
place, who were the first doctors on
the scene, have not since closed their
eyes. They say that they expect to be
able to move all patients from the
town hall to Peoria to-day except
Miss Valdejo and Mrs. Clark, of Ohio,
who will probably die in the next
twenty-four hours.
One of the bodies IN the depot was
recognized this morning as John
Zellkcr, of Pckin.
LATE FROM THE SCENE OF DEATH.
CHATswoRrH, ILL.,, Aug. ia mes
senger from Pipers at six thirty re-
ports four deaths last night, the names
are not given. This brings the death
record TO Ia. A wrecking train with
four crews just left here for the scene
OF the accident. 1t is believed that
there arc several more bodies in the
debris. Il. NJ. Kelly of Reeds, and
VIM. Lee cf Easton, arrived here this
morning having walked in from For
rest miles. The former is looking
for his father, Joseph kelly, and his
uncle John. He found the latter in
the hospital. The fathers body is not
vet identified. Lee also failed to
find his brother Charles who took
the train from Peoria. 1t is beiieved
that both are yet in the wreck.
The injured are so scattered around
in houses here and there, and at Pi-
pers tnat it is difficult to obtain roli-
able figures, but the most reliable put
the number at 100. One of the dead
at Pipers, p. Vanlen, a member of the
firm of Vanlen & MorriS, of Pekin,
who was terribly crushed and died in
his wife's arms few minutes after |
his arrival. There are two Others
dead, also an unknown woman at de-
pot here, four men, one young girl
and ono boy, supposed to be boot
black who frequents "soup alley"
Peoria. The belief is gaining ground
that the catastrophe was precipitated
by confederates ofthieves who were on
the train an1 knew that many of the
carried large sums ofmon-
ey aud valuable jewelry but there no
facts which point to confirmation of
this theory.
Added to the pitiable spectacle of
the dead and miseries of the dying, C |
stencil sickeningly foul was issuing
from the numerous places where the !